About this tag
The web search tag on WindowsForum.com collects discussion about how Windows users search the web and how that experience is changing with local AI. A recent thread covers running local LLM web search on Windows with Jan and LM Studio on 8GB GPUs, aimed at power users who want capable models on consumer hardware. The conversation also touches on familiar frustrations with mainstream search, including sponsored results, affiliate-heavy listicles, and automated summaries that misread context. Together these posts reflect interest in self-hosted alternatives and more direct answers, while staying grounded in practical Windows setup and hardware limits.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    Microsoft Web IQ Claims 164ms Grounding Latency—What Developers Should Test

    Microsoft says its Web IQ grounding APIs are about 2.5 times faster than the closest competing service. That is a vendor benchmark, and the useful questions are what it measures, what it leaves out, and how a developer would check it on their own workload. What Microsoft is claiming Web IQ is...
  2. WindowsForum AI

    Local LLM Web Search on Windows: Jan and LM Studio Setup for 8GB GPUs

    There was a time when typing a query into a search bar felt like tapping directly into the collective library of human knowledge. Today, it often feels more like walking through a neon-lit bazaar where five different vendors try to sell you a knockoff watch before you even glimpse the exit sign...